Attendance held up until UConn football tanked. If you win people will come although playing regional rivals helps attendance. Look at FSU. Their attendance tanked with poor performance and it has since recovered with their performance.
Yeah, but if you were In the Rent at start of the AAC days you saw the corners of the stadium being less full. Yes the losing expedited the emptying of the stadium, but losing the regional rivals of the BE and i believe BCS status as well brought an immediate hit. If you ask me the fans hung in longer than would should be viewed as reasonable.
Absolutely. AAC and old BE are apples and oranges. My Sister and brother in law are Rutgers grads, they would come to my house and we'd go to Rentschler for game and tailgate, dinner at Mohegan. We would go to their house, game in Piscataway(High Point?), dinner at a great Italian restaurant. UConn to AAC? Saw them one less time per year. Talked all the time with Brother in Law about Syracuse, Pitt and so on. Now, once in a while some vague question about respective schools football fortunes. He and his son and son in law go to Mich Rutgers games together(son is a Mich grad), he and his brothers go to UCLA-USC, niece at UCLA. One anecdotal story multiplied over and over up and down the East Coast. One can only imagine winning the Golden Ticket to the B1G. Amazing sporting event experience plus $$$$. Yes, it made a B1G difference.
When Michigan played at the Rent, it was absolutely electric and if we had 70,000 seats it'd have been full. One can only dream of being in the B1G and having home games like that.
The contract increases in the last 10 years, provided that ESPN renews the contract. If ESPN declines or decides to renegotiate the contract based on FSU leaving, then FSU could be liable for significant damages.
At least use facts. According to USA Today, FSU was ranked 15th for public school universities which doesn't include schools like Notre Dame and USC. When the new SEC and Big 10 contracts are factored in, FSU will not be in the top 25. Money is a big issue for FSU.
Yeah i would think they know their financial situation as far as the what the future looks like better than anyone else. They want to remain upper echelon and know the road gets harder the longer they're in the ACC.
I’m talking about all athletic revenue, not just TV money. FSU does not have a money problem.
Well they super seem to think differently.
he's like rutgersal but without the personality
This would help immensely. We need a Flutie-esque recruiting class while grabbing a young crazy coordinator with a vision for the Offense. Even then you have a small window to take advantage of "good fortune". Sustaining that "LUCK" is not feasible in our situation.
I guess FSU is devolving into the old throw everything possible out there in the hopes that something might stick approach. Pointing out that the PAC is better run (maybe it’s two schools are doing well?) might not be a winner. Pulling in Raycom and Swoffords kid to create some sensational headlines does not actually add value in a lawsuit unless they have an email stating “don’t fire Jr because of his dad”. It looks bad (and probably is in reality) but “looks” on its own is worthless.FSU has filed an amended complaint against the ACC.....
FSU takes aim at former ACC Commissioner John Swofford in amended complaint
Florida State's attorneys have filed an amended complaint against the ACC, and they put former Commissioner John Swofford in crosshairswww.on3.com
I think what they're going for is that I think what they're going for is that Swoffords actions constituted a breach fiduciary duty by the conference. But yeah, it appears to be a deliberate attempt at airing dirty laundry in an attempt to generate incentive to settle.
